Public Speaking
Lecturing and Speaking for Interdisciplinary Audiences
I am a regular guest speaker at medical, nursing, and public health schools and conferences. I welcome the opportunity to collaborate on interdisciplinary research endeavors with health sciences colleagues. I frequently advise and mentor students, fellows and other learners who are interested in taking a deeper dive into the law-related aspects of their research.
Legal Conferences & Events
Where do we go from here? Panel Moderator, Reproductive Justice in a Post-Roe World, UC Law SF. San Francisco, CA. 2022.
Forced Sterilization: Past, Present & Future, Reproductive Health in Immigration Detention Facilities, Women of Color Collective and If/When/How, Virtual, 2020.
Under Attack: Abortion in America Today, Post-Roe America: The Impact of Abortion Restrictions on Access, If/When/How Lawyers for Reproductive Justice, San Francisco, CA, 2019.
Speak Out and Speak Loud: Discrimination in the Legal Field, UC Hastings Women of Color Initiative and Women’s Law Journal Symposium, San Francisco, CA, 2018.
Reproductive Justice: A Cautionary Tale of Rights, Disparities and Coercion, Symposium on Women and LGBT People in Prison, UC Hastings Law, San Francisco, CA, 2015.
The Social and Historical Context: Abortion in the U.S. Before Roe v Wade, Roe v Wade at 40 Symposium, Stanford Law and Policy Review, Palo Alto, CA, 2013.
The Right to Refuse Treatment Does Not End with a Positive Pregnancy Test, UCSF/UC Hastings Consortium on Law, Science, and Health Policy, UC Hastings Law, San Francisco, CA, 2012.
Reproductive Health, Guest Lecturer, Health Sciences Concentration Seminar, Master in the Study of Law Program, UC Hastings Law, San Francisco, CA, 2009.
Health Policy Panel, UC Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley, CA, 2009.
Gender, Reproduction and the Supreme Court, California Annual State Bar Conference, Monterey, CA, 2008.
Reproductive Rights Panel, UC Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley, CA, 2008.
Abortion Access in the Wake of Gonzales v. Carhart: A Pro-Choice Mixer, Sponsored by California Women Lawyers, NARAL Pro-Choice California, and San Francisco Queen’s Bench, Dolby Laboratories, San Francisco, CA, 2008.
Medical and Nursing Conferences & Grand Rounds
Sorting Pregnant Bodies: A Genealogy of Segregated Pregnancy Care, UCGHI Center for Gender and Health Justice Annual Conference. Asilomar, CA. 2022.
Disrupting the Silos: Providing Abortion Care for the Later Gestation Patient, CAA Annual Meeting, Virtual, 2020.
Academic Training of Nursing Professionals and Its Relevance to the Provision of Abortion, Host and Moderator, CAA Annual Meeting, Virtual, 2020.
What Comes Next? How the Midterm Election Results Impact Reproductive Rights and Health, California Preterm Birth Initiative, San Francisco, CA 2018.
Social and Legal Implications Arising from Forced Obstetrical Interventions in the United States, California Preterm Birth Initiative, San Francisco, CA, 2018.
Trump, the ACHA, and the Impact on Health Care in California, The (Uncertain) Future of Women’s Reproductive Health Care, Health Reform Series Sponsored by the Institute for Health Policy Studies and UCTV, Women’s Building, San Francisco, CA, 2017.
Global Health Advocacy Workshop, Global Health Day, Consortium of Universities for Global Health, San Francisco, CA, 2016.
Applying a Human Rights Approach to Maternal Mortality: Obstacles and Opportunities, West Coast Launch of the World Bank Report, Voice and Agency: Empowering Women and Girls for Shared Prosperity, San Francisco, CA, 2014.
Disposition of Fetal Remains: A Survey of State Laws, Panel on Fetal Disposal Choices and Restrictions, NAF Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2014.
Required Funeral Disposition After Miscarriage at 20 Weeks: Patient Preference or a Mistake in Form? Center for Healthy Communities, Los Angeles, CA, 2013.
Post-Viability Abortion and the Health Exception, Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Parnassus Campus, University of California San Francisco, CA, 2013.
Ethics in Perinatology: A Day of Dilemmas, Discussion and Debate, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 33rd Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2013.
Forced Obstetrical Intervention: Still Happening After in Re AC? Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science Grand Rounds, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, 2012.
Pregnancy, Capacity and Psychosis, UCSF Psychiatry Grand Rounds, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, 2012.
Abortion and Mental Health: The Need for Evidence-Based Health Policy, UCSF/UC Hastings Consortium Lecture Series, San Francisco, CA, 2010.
Abortion and Scope of Practice: ‘Physician-Only’ Laws in the United States, UCSF/UC Hastings Consortium Lecture Series, UCSF Parnassus, San Francisco, CA, 2010.
What Is Reproductive Justice? Conference and Panel Sponsored by UCSF Medical Students for Choice and UC Hastings Law Students for Choice, San Francisco, CA, 2010.
Legal Implications of Gonzales v. Carhart, Abortion Discussion Group, Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, 2007.
Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, Abortion Discussion Group, Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, 2006.
Advanced Practice Clinicians as Abortion Providers, Abortion Discussion Group, Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, 2006.
Guest Lectures: Health Sciences & Law Courses
Roe Overturned: Abortion Access After Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health, Guest Speaker, N211 Policy and Leadership, UCSF School of Nursing. San Francisco, CA. 2023.
The Role of “Haven States” in a Post-Roe America, Guest Lecturer, Health Law Concentration Seminar, UC Hastings Law, San Francisco, CA, 2019.
The Authority, Functions, & Limitations of the Executive Branch: What Can Trump (Not) Do? Global Health Sciences Master’s Program, UCSF Mission Bay Campus, San Francisco, CA, 2019.
Abortion, Contraception, and the Supreme Court, Guest Lecturer PH213A, UC Berkeley School of Public Health, Berkeley, CA, 2016.
Using Human Rights Litigation to Improve Access to Abortion and Perinatal Care, Family Planning, Population, and Health; UC Berkeley School of Public Health, Berkeley, CA, 2015.
What Is Reproductive Justice? Reproductive Justice, Student Organized Elective, Schools of Nursing, Medicine, and Pharmacy; UCSF Parnassus, San Francisco, CA, 2011.
Reproductive Health and the Law, Reproductive Health and Justice Seminar, UCSF Parnassus, San Francisco, CA, 2010.
Women’s Reproductive Health, Politics and the Law, UC Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA, 1998.
Women’s Reproductive Health, Politics and the Law, UC Berkeley School of Public Health, Berkeley, CA, 1997.